From Val:From Waukesha to Arizona to Maryland and back to Arizona. Now in cool Oracle (north of Tucson) enjoying home in the oak/manzanita woodlands and gardening with native plants as much as the javalina and deer will let me!

Married Stan (class of 58) and have two daughters and two grandkids. Happy career as newspaper writer/editor, public relations mgr, corporate communications director. Now retired with small business as artist: handmade papers, artists' books, papier mache sculpture, Japanese stab binding; also teach classes in papermaking and bookbinding. Working on a new book of photography of Saguaro "boots." Volunteer at nearby state park, lots of US "Airstream"ing and international adventure travel. Send Val a Message

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TAKEN FROM THE BLACKSHIRTS BREAKFAST 9/03/10 NEWSLETTER

The Blackshirt Capshave arrived! There were 19 caps mailed out on September 1 to those Blackshirts requesting home delivery. The balance of caps were passed out at the breakfast meeting today. Allen Garrett '60 and Tom Putz '60 have volunteered to organize any future sales of Blackshirt items. They are currently researching what items are all available and what the cost of any new items will be. They will get back to us as soon as they have some information to share with us.

From Paul:After graduation from WHS, I earned a B.A and M.A. from Marquette University in History. More
importantly, I met my wife at Marquette and we have been happily married for forty-four years.
I continued my studies at the State University of New York at Stony Brook and earned my Ph.D. in Modern European History. I retired from my position in the History Dept. at Carroll College (now Carroll University) in
2007 after working there for thirty-eight years.
However, I'm still teaching one course a semester at Carroll and enjoying it. My wife,
Kathy, continues for perhaps another year as
Principal of St. Joseph's Middle School here
in Waukesha.
We have three sons, two in the area and one
in Boston, and five grandchildren. I look forward to seeing classmates on Friday, and I
also want to thank all those who worked on this reunion. P.S. I'm not sending in a current
picture because I look more or less like my senior picture--if you can believe that !

From Jim:Fifty years, it is hard to believe it! It only seems like yesterday when we spent Friday nights at the "attic", agonizing who we would ask to prom (or for the females, would we be asked) and of course trying to learn something in spite of all those other distractions.My wife, Judy, and I have been married 45 years. We met during our senior year at Northwestern. It was a blind date in November 1963 and we were engaged 5 months later. We have two daughters, Mimi age 44 and Laurie age 41. We also have two grandchildren ages 11 and 8 who live in Houston with Laurie and her husband Mark.I sold my business in 2000 and have been retired since then. I am looking forward to the weekend. My thanks to all who have taken the time to arrange it.

From Bill:Hello Everyone
It has been a great 50 years. Let's forget the bumps, crashes and scratches along the way.
I have spent my life doing what I have always enjoyed; working as an artist and teaching in Door County, WI.
Today I am retired from the teaching profession, but continue as an exhibiting artist. I am represented by the Blue Dolphin House Studio in Ephraim WI.
I also have my other side. I am Chairman of the Board of Trustees of WEA Insurance. Send Bill a Message

I have seldom gone back to Waukesha after we graduated so I must admit the many of the names and faces in the year book seem very fuzzy in my mind. However, I am looking forward to our reunion and hope to shine a light on those fuzzy faces. I have heard from Ceil Heim (Bottomly) that there have been some wonderful get togethers in the past few years so I am looking forward to our 50th.

After graduation I went to Milwaukee for nurses training and after graduation worked at Milwaukee Children’s Hospital until I married to Ray and moved to Chicago, where I continued working in Pediatrics at Chicago Children’s Hospital. We had three children in three years then took a break of five years but Ray is an accountant so we had to balance our family as well as our books by having the second boy to balance out with the two girls. After almost 20 years in Chicago, Ray was transferred to Southern California where we spent another 18 busy years there getting our kids through college with a number of years of having three in college at the same time.

We retired about 10 years ago and decided to move to France. We had always liked traveling but had decided that it would add a whole new dimension in our lives to actually live in another country. Our oldest son had lived in France and Switzerland while working for a computer company and that sparked the idea for our move. We rented a small row house in a small town about an hour south ofParis, purchased a used car and put 25,000 miles on it while traveling throughout fifteen countries in Europe.

I had always told Ray that when the grandchildren came I wanted to be in the States. We came home after the birth of our first grandchild six years ago and now are fortunate enough to have seven grandchildren with one more in the basket. Six grand children live in the Sacramento area where we now live and one (plus the basket) are in southern California. We are fortunate to get to see them all a great deal.

From Catherine:Hi to all,
I can't believe it's been 50 years. I remember when my dad went to his 50th. I thought, wow he is really old. HaHa.
My husband is Dave, we have 4 kids, 12 grandkids and 4 great grandkids.
Dave is a Judge in Washington County and will be retiring in July of this year. We sold our home and will be moving to The Villages in Florida in August. I won't be able to make the reunion but my best to all of you and have a great time. Stay healthy and Enjoy.
Cathy

From Ellen:Doug and I were married in 1965. We have been blessed with three grown children and five grandchildren, ranging in ages 12 to 18 years old. We lived in the Waukesha area until 1996, retired early and moved to Tennessee, just south of Nashvile. We are serving with a mission called Transport For Christ that ministers to truck drivers. As Doug's position changed, we were able to move back to Wisconsin in 2005. We do a lot of traveling and have been spending the past several winters in FLorida near the Villages in an RV park. We love camping and going on trips on our Honda Goldwing motorcycle. Love the website, it's great!Looking forward to seeing many whom I haven't seen for some time at the reunion. Send Ellen a Message

After graduation, I put my business classes to good use at a manufacturing company in West Allis. After marriage, I stayed home with our children until school age, then worked at our local school district for over 23 years in various departments. I retired 6 years ago. Looking back on the past 50 years since graduation, I can say life has been good to me. My husband and I will celebrate our 45th wedding anniversary this year. We have two happy and successful children and two fantastic grandchildren, ages 6 and 8, who bring so much joy to our lives. We live in a beautiful area in the Town of Genesee, and enjoy our home, garden and big yard when not off on one of our frequent travels.

From Sandra:I lived in Georgia for awhile (one daughter and three grandchildren are still there) and received my degree in biology at that time. I've been back in Wisconsin for the last 20 years. I have three daughters (Jennifer, Stephanie, Kristina) and seven grandchildren--another is on the way.

I've recently been in contact with Mr. Shanks; remember him, our biology teacher? He is doing well and lilves here in Cedarburg. I told him about our website, and he said he has thoroughly enjoyed looking at it.

The committee did a wonderful job on the website and the reunion. It's been so much fun to see what everyone is doing!Send Sandra a Message

From Nicole:I won't be seeing you as Waukesha is a long way off! Life has taken me many places and given me many experiences and I'm looking forward to what's yet to come! Germany has become my home after more years spent here than in the States. Plus, I have two daughters and five grandchildren here and time spent with them is prescious.

I meditated in the California desert for three months three years ago and sorted through what's American about me and what's German. It's become about fifty-fifty!

From John:I retired as principal from Central Middle School in Waukesha in 2000 and moved to our lake home in Neshkoro, WI. where the "north begins". We have 2 children: Chris lives nearby in Wild Rose, WI and Jennifer lives in Minneapolis, Mn. We have 2 grandchildren, Alexis and Nick.
Since retiring from Waukesha I have explored other occupations such as substitute teaching, marine sales, hardware sales and volunteering at Camp Lucerne Methodist Church Camp.
I am involved in the United Methodist Church serving on various committees and headed the recent building renovation of our church.
My wife and I are actively involved in our lake community.Send John a Message

From Peter:Changed my last name in 1963 to Etter which was my mom's maiden name. Married for 46 years to Sharon, class of 62. My educational career included being a full time teacher, principal and a school superintendent for over 40 years. (30 as super) I still talk to school groups about immigration, WWII, and I also substitute. Three children and three grandchildren later, we babysit and travel. We especially enjoy cruises and have been on many. Stay happy and healthy!Send Peter a Message

From Bill:Delightfully retired since selling our business in 2002.
Mary and I spend 6 months in Northern WI, near Manitowish Waters and 6 months in Ft Myers FL.
Golf, fish and boating in both places.
Life is good!Send Bill a Message

From Charlotte:I moved to Spring Texas in Devember of 2008 with my youngest daughter and her family. I am very blessed to have four children and seven grandchildren. Retirement agrees with me, as I'm free to enjoy what I want to do.

From David:Retirement is great in seacoast New Hampshire. Trout fishing and fly tying keep me busy. We also like to travel and get back to Waukesha a few times every year. My sons and their families live here in New England, so I see my seven grandchildren often.Send David a Message

Rosemary (please call me Rose)Steckling (Schultz)

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Birthday:January 29, 1942Occupation:retired from many types of jobs Marital Status:Single AgainNo. of Children:3

From Rosemary (please call me Rose):Hello fellow classmates, The last reunion I went to was our 10 year, so I figured it was time to go again-----especially at this age. Looking forward to stepping back in time and seeing some of the old faces. It should be a good time and I'll be curious to see if anyone remembers me. See you soon !!! Thanks to all the people putting this together. NICE JOB!!!! Send Rosemary (please call me Rose) a Message

I am retired but work supplemental at the hospital for extra traveling money. Have 2 children and one is an ER nurse. Have my replacement in nursing. Have 6 grandchildren. The oldest is a freshman at UW River Fallls. Looking forward to the reunion.

From Bob:Moved to Madison in 1967. Moved to Columbia, S.C. in 1975 and have resided there ever since. I retired from the SCDOT in 2004 and have done a god bit of traveling. I have participated in foot races, bike races, biathlons and triathlons and I still bike.
Good job with this site Mike.Send Bob a Message